At one time ,the Silverstone Club circuit only had three corners that required brakes and even the full Grand Prix circuit only had four, assuming that the old Woodcote was taken pretty much flat out by the braver ones.

The caption of the photo (which is on Speed Addicts P19) says the car is Hunt's McLaren M23 which, if correct, narrows it down to 1976-77 Formula 1 races. That's why I ruled out Zeltweg which was used in the late sixties.

The 'only four corners' could be a reference to a conversation and I think it should be loosely interpreted - possibly as 'four corners requiring heavy braking' as Barry suggests. At a pinch, it could even be Monza. Did McLaren ever test at Mallory Park or Lydden Hill?

I don't kmow about Mallory or Lydden, but I'm sure they tested at Goodwood, (as did many others) even after the great man was killed there. I think that circuit qualifies as having four corners. (or 3 1/2, if you are really gifted)...

The caption of the photo (which is on Speed Addicts P19) says the car is Hunt's McLaren M23 which, if correct, narrows it down to 1976-77 Formula 1 races. That's why I ruled out Zeltweg which was used in the late sixties.

I see we had some misunderstanding - the Oesterreichring was called Zeltweg as well in the 1970s just as the old airfield track (the 1000km race was even called the Zeltweg 1000 km see e.g.http://www.racingspo...ve/Zeltweg.html). The village of Zeltweg is just 2 kms away from that and the current track.

Maybe a short version of a larger track? The small version of Oulton Park came to mind.

Apropos of nothing at all really. The first circuit at Oulton turned right at Cascades and went on up Clay Hill. It was re-opened when Rex Foster was MD and named Fosters, what was it called in its first incarnation?

Apropos of nothing at all really. The first circuit at Oulton turned right at Cascades and went on up Clay Hill. It was re-opened when Rex Foster was MD and named Fosters, what was it called in its first incarnation?

The Fosters Circuit was different to "the first circuit at Oulton" as it didn't us the link from Cascades to Clay Hill. They built a short 'cut through' linking Cascades to the straight before Knickerbrook. The first circuit was initially known as Oulton Park and then after the extension came into use it became The Club Circuit.

The Fosters Circuit was different to "the first circuit at Oulton" as it didn't us the link from Cascades to Clay Hill. They built a short 'cut through' linking Cascades to the straight before Knickerbrook. The first circuit was initially known as Oulton Park and then after the extension came into use it became The Club Circuit.

Yes I was aware of that having been at the inaugural meeting, I was asking what the corner connecting Cascades to Clay Hill was called, unless it was all Cascades.

Apropos of nothing at all really. The first circuit at Oulton turned right at Cascades and went on up Clay Hill. It was re-opened when Rex Foster was MD and named Fosters, what was it called in its first incarnation?

John, looking at appendix 2 in Derek Lawson's Oulton tome, part 1, he shows the first circuit layout in 1953 with The Range corner as a right handler after the original rt sweep of The Cascades. it was in 1954 as you know well that the Avenue came to be named, of fond memory. The short cut later turned rt well before the now sharpish left Cascades leading onto the long/full circuit. The Foster's variant turned left via Cascades then right to Knickerbrook, as you know. There seems to be another variant, the Island circuit.
BTW, and OT a bit, when did they fill in the upper lake and what is Tom Dooley doing these days?. He was most helpful in the early days of my research, a very good bloke.
All info from Derek's book.
Roger

John, looking at appendix 2 in Derek Lawson's Oulton tome, part 1, he shows the first circuit layout in 1953 with The Range corner as a right handler after the original rt sweep of The Cascades. it was in 1954 as you know well that the Avenue came to be named, of fond memory. The short cut later turned rt well before the now sharpish left Cascades leading onto the long/full circuit. The Foster's variant turned left via Cascades then right to Knickerbrook, as you know. There seems to be another variant, the Island circuit.
BTW, and OT a bit, when did they fill in the upper lake and what is Tom Dooley doing these days?. He was most helpful in the early days of my research, a very good bloke.
All info from Derek's book.
Roger

Roger

Range Corner that was it, but why? I don't know when the upper lake was filled in, I spoke to Tom a few years back when I was trying to trace something, he'll be getting on a bit now, he was a few years older than me, and I'm 77 next. As you say a good bloke, I first met him with John Ellison BRSCC days, John has been gone a long time, time flies and is urged on by the spur of the moment.